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(NoMode1.) G. W. GLAZIER & A. R. S. TAYTE.

UPPER PROTECTOR FOR BOOTS AND SHOES. No. 249,610. Patented Nov. 15,1881.

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. To all whom it may concern v. outer fold, d, to cover the outside ofthe upper.

{UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE W. GLAZIER AND ANTHON Y R. S. TAYTE, OF SALEM, MASS.

UPPER-PROTECTORFOR BOOTS AND SHOES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 249,610, dated November15, 1881.

A Application filed September 19, 1881. (No model.)

Be it known that we, GEORGE W. GLAZIEB and ANTHONY B. S. TAYTE, bothcitizens of the United States, both residing at Salem, in the county ofEssex and State of Massachusetts, have jointly invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Upper-Protectors for Boots and Shoes; and we dohereby declare that the same are fully described in the followingspecification and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to improvements in upper-protectors for boots andshoes, for the purpose of preventing boot and shoe uppers frombeing-soiled or defaced or injured during the process of manufacturing;and the invention has for its object to provide an upper-pro tectordevicefor boots and shoes which shall he quickly attached to anddetached from the upper, as may be required.

The invention is carried out as follows, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, on which Figure1 represents a perspective view ofthe improved protector as applied to the upper of a boot or shoe. Fig. 2represents an outside view of the protector as laid out flat anddetached from the boot or shoe. Fig. 3 represents a vertical section ofthe clamping device, and Fig. 4 represents an outside View of the same.

Similar letters refer to similar parts w herever they occur on thedrawings.

a represents the upper of a boot or shoe, on which a is the insidelining, as usual.

11 represents the uppermost button attached to the outside of the upper,as usual, and c is its corresponding button-hole on the opposite side,as shown in Fig. 1. p

The cover or protector D is doubled over with an inner fold, d, adaptedto cover and protect the inside of the upper, and with an In one end theinside cover, d,is provided with a flap, d", having a button-hole, d,and a cor-' responding perforation or button-hole in the 1 end of theouter fold, 01, directly beneath the button-hole d, by which arrangementthe said end of the protector can be attached easilytto the uppermostbutton, b, on the upper, as shown in Fig. 1. To the other end of theprotector and its outer fold, d, is sewed a button, 0, which is adaptedto pass through the uppermost button-hole, c, in the upper, and thencethrough a button-hole, e, on the inside fold,d, as shown in Fig. 1, andby these means the protector may easily be detached from and attached toboot and shoe uppers. To the lower edge of the inside fold, d, is sewedor otherwise secured a spring-metal stiffener, f, to keep the insidefold, d, automatically against the inside lining, a when the protectorisin place on the upper, as shown in Fig. 1, and thus preventing thelast from catching on the cover when such last is withdrawn from thelasted shoe.

The clamping device used for securing the middle portion of theprotector D to the upper is made as follows: Itis composed of a pair ofjaws, g and h, hinged together at i, as shown in Fig. 3. On the jaw g isa serrated surface, 9, and opposite it, on the jaw h, is a smoothprojection,h, adapted to lie against the outside of the upper, theserrated surface g being adapted to lie against the inside lining, a,when the clamp is in use.

g and h are downward extensions of the jaws g and h, which are attachedby means of sewing or otherwise respectively to the folds d and d, andserve to prevent the protector from rolling upward when the last iswithdrawn from the lasted upper.

g and h are upward extensions of the jaws g and h, as shown in Fig. 3,the extension h being provided with a set-screw, 7a, or a suitablespring or' equivalent device, by means of which the upper ends, 9' andh, can be expanded so as to clamp the upper and lining between theserrated surface g and projection h. The jaws g and h, with their lowerextensions, g h, respectively, are secured by means of sewing orotherwise respectively to the in and out side folds, d and d, of theprotector D, as shown in Fig. 3.

If it is required to secure the protector to Polish boots, slippers, orNewport ties, which are without buttons and button-holes, we dispensewith the device described for securing the protector to the buttons andbutton-holes of the boot and substitute therefore in each end a clamp ofthe description shown in Fig.

3, except that for this purpose we make such end clamps without thedownward extension g and h.

Having thus fully described the nature, construction, and operationof-our invention, we wish to secure by Letters Patent, and claim- 1. Thefolded protector d (1, having at one end the perforated flap (1, adaptedto be buttoned to the button b of the shoe, and at the v other end abutton, a, and button-hole e, adapted to secure the said end to theuppermost button-hole of the shoe, as herein set forth and described.

2. In combination with the folded protector d d, the spring stiffener f,as and for the pur- 15 pose set forth.

3. In combination with the cover cl d, the clamping" device gg g g' h hh h i k, as and for the purpose set forth and described.

In testimony whereof we have affixerlour 20 signatures in presence oftwo Witnesses.

GEORGE W. GLAZIER. ANTHONY R. SJTAYTE. Witnesses:

ALBAN ANDREN, HELEN S. ANDREN.

